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Messier 27 - Dumbbell Nebula
M27, also called the Dumbbell Nebula, is a planetary nebula in the constellation Vulpecula. Charles Messier was the first to discover the object back in 1764. M27 is 1.36 thousand light years away from Earth. The object’s magnitude is around 7.5, making this nebula visible with a low powered telescope during any clear autumn night. In the center of the nebula is a white dwarf star, which is the producer of the gas cloud that surrounds it. The individual images were each exposed for 30 seconds in the R, G, B, and L filters through the FIU AstroScience Center’s 24-inch telescope by physics major Daniel Puentes. The images were then reduced and color-combined by Gabriel Salazar and Daniel Puentes.
Messier 27 - Dumbbell Nebula
M27, also called the Dumbbell Nebula, is a planetary nebula in the constellation Vulpecula. Charles Messier was the first to discover the object back in 1764. M27 is 1.36 thousand light years away from Earth. The object’s magnitude is around 7.5, making this nebula visible with a low powered telescope during any clear autumn night. In the center of the nebula is a white dwarf star, which is the producer of the gas cloud that surrounds it. The individual images were each exposed for 30 seconds in the R, G, B, and L filters through the FIU AstroScience Center’s 24-inch telescope by physics major Daniel Puentes. The images were then reduced and color-combined by Gabriel Salazar and Daniel Puentes.